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Pressure builds on big economies to address commodity import risks in wake of Amazon fires
03.09.2019 G7 and UK Amazon aid pledges are meagre compared to their Brazilian beef purchases
As the Amazon burns, UK supermarkets still sell beef from firm fined for illegal deforestation
23.08.2019 Sainsbury’s and Morrisons among those stocking corned beef from JBS – the meatpacking giant fined £6.5m for illegal deforestation
Prosecutor targets ‘ringleader’ Dennis Melka in Peru cacao case
19.08.2019 It comes after staff at Melka firm sentenced for links to illegal deforestation
Tropical Forest Alliance supports EU regulation on ‘deforestation-laced’ commodities
08.08.2019 Head of industry-backed anti-deforestation grouping backs EU due diligence regulation for agri-commodities
Activists face deadly risks in protecting lands from global agribusiness
07.08.2019 Global Witness report documents dangers for world’s land defenders as 164 activists murdered in 2018 with almost 20 per cent of killings linked to commodity-driven cultivation disputes
Environmentalist murdered near disputed DRC palm oil project
29.07.2019 Killing of Joël Imbangola Lunea allegedly linked to ongoing unrest at Feronia site
Independent audit reveals Indonesia’s biggest palm oil project still hidden from RSPO
23.07.2019 HSA Group has denied ties to contentious mega-project, but new Earthsight research shows staff links between Yemeni firm and the Papua project
Cargill dubbed ‘worst company in world’ in damning Mighty Earth report
19.07.2019 US commodities giant given the malign moniker amid tide of illegal deforestation, child labour and environmental abuse allegations across its global supply chains
Australian banks urged to ‘cut ties’ with palm oil firms as $6.4bn investments revealed
17.07.2019 Friends of the Earth report says that in financing the likes of Wilmar and Olam, banks are complicit in illegal deforestation
African timber from firms linked to bribery, conflict and illegal logging floods into France
05.07.2019 Six years after EU law introduced to curb illegal timber imports, the trade in suspect wood from Africa continues as French authorities fail to act
